Dane’s favorite new phrase is “No! Please…” Hey, at least he’s polite about it. LOL He says yes quite well now also, and big long sentences that I can’t quite make out yet. Right now he is screaming in his bed because we won’t let him sleep with his toothbrush. I might have to just give in, but it is the principal of it… It’s just kinda gross to sleep with your toothbrush don’t you think? Lately he seems to get attached to everything. Last night he cried and cried until we gave him two more blankets in his crib – whcih equaled about seven and then he cried and cried in the middle of the night until we gave him another one. There was hardly room for him in there but he LOVES blankets right now. He seems to get attached to almost anything these days. Not sure what that is all about… I don’t remember our other kids going through this phase.

I was teacher for a day on Wednesday. Word gets out quickly that I have that one thing….. What’s it called? Oh yeah… a degree! Anyway, at the beginning of the year I told the principal I could sub. if she was absolutely desperate. I didn’t want to be on the main list but could do it as a last resort. Well…. Tuesday night at 9:30 I get the call – I’m desperate! So I taught preschool for a day. It was pretty fun actually. I wouldn’t want to do it every day, but it was fun to see how Christian’s time at school is structured. His teacher actually has to have some surgery and will be out for 2 weeks so who knows, I might get another day in there before she is back.

I got reprimanded by Ryan’s teacher on Monday. I dropped him off and went to Bible Study. One of the moms came in and said “Ryan is really sad, he forgot his take home folder!” Well, I knew he had it and I was only a block away so I dashed over there. His folder is navy blue and the inside of his backpack is black and he just missed it in there. He sits in the back row and the bell had just rung so I snuck in the coat closet and handed it to him. I was on my way out and his teacher said “Did he call you?” I said “No, another mom told me he couldn’t find his folder.” She said “After the bell rings if he doens’t have his folder, he doesn’t have it. You are not allowed to come into the classroom like that.” I didn’t know what to say to that, so I said “Sorry!” and left.

We went out to dinner and Wal-Mart tonight. We were busy chatting with someone from church when Christian decided to go for a walk. We were in the toy aisle, so I expected him to stay close….. but he decided jewelry was more exciting. Needless to say, a few minutes later we got the “Matt and Christine please come to the customer service counter” page. Oops. Christian was as happy as can be. They gave him a fun coloring page and were chatting away.

Well, Dane is still crying so I need to head in there and see if I can convince him to calm down and go to sleep. I hope you’re doing well!
C-